One of the more annoying Superman villains is Bizarro. Not really a villain at all, he’s a kind of bad copy of Superman who just does the opposite of Truth, Justice and the American Way. Unfortunately, it would appear that Caroline Spelman has decided that this is the perfect job description of a Shadow Cabinet… Continue reading Caroline Spelman: “Me Am Bizarro Minister”
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Taxation Okey-Kokey
The Observer has been given a sneaky-peak of the Lib Dem’s Taxation Commission’s current thinking and it sounds good. 2p off the basic rate of income tax, paid for by increases in environmental taxation and “tougher tax rules for the wealthy”. By the latter, I’m taking it to mean, at least in part, to some… Continue reading Taxation Okey-Kokey
Old = new
Thank you Cristina Odone for revealing to me that Kirsty Alsopp, the smug presenter of Location, Location, Location whose latest wheeze is to do a series on the wonders of buy-to-let, is the daughter of the 6th Baron Hindlip. So it turns out that the poster child of new feudalism is in fact a member… Continue reading Old = new